Ladies and Gentlemen,

I'm sure you've heard from Randy Pausch, the university professor who held this very very inspiring and throughout positive "Last Lecture" named "Really achieving your childhood dreams" which can be found here and I recommend everyone to watch it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

He died, but has left a legacy worth to mention not only on this board. This is especially true in times where people spend far more time searching the web for pathetic conspiracy theory links to throw at each other rather than sitting on their assess studying and trying to make the best out of themselves and helping others to achieve their goals.

Hostyle wrote:

Thank god you never miss a chance to illustrate your outright negative attitude. But I tell you something - the board needs you as a dark background, sort of contrast colour for the better people here around.

I remember reading about this guy in the paper a while ago.

Sad to hear he's gone, although on the plus side it is good to hear he made it for a bit. Thanks, I'm not sure I woulda found that otherwise.

I've heard about him as well, and I opened my google homepage and saw this.

He has his own Google Memorium

Thank you, BNA for pointing that lecture out.

Randy Pausch, is a legend in his own right. It is truly a shame that he died.

Hostyle wrote:

Nice. Very classy.

Can't say I've ever knew about him, bit it's a shame to see a good mind get taken from the world like that.

I had never heard of the man before, I just watched the lecture movie link and I can see why he was worth listening to, he had a whole lot of good things to say. That is sad that a nice person like that has passed on seeing as how the world has such a shortage of good people like that in the first place, my heart also goes out to his wife and children.

CrimsonHead wrote:

... seeing as how the world has such a shortage of good people like that in the first place...

To be honest, I think there are many more good people outside than one might think. For many reasons (just look at the D3W resident negative people postings) they are not outspoken enough.

No matter what, I think it is always worth going after what you really want in life. I myself quit a job which was in the high six figures annual payment to avoid the constant negativity of the environment and create an equally competitive but certainly more satisfying work environment. Empowerment, support and motivation can do wonder. If everyone likes going to work it creates a miraculous environment in which they help me to achieve my goals while I help them to achieve their goals.

This is why I think Randy Pausch's last lecture was amazingly important. Especially for those who did not get born with a silver spoon in their mouth. Certainly not everything is possible, but much more than one thinks at first.

@BNA

I see a whole lot of fear driven thought processes and behaviors. After my first child was born one of the driving thoughts that helped turn me from the dark side was: What if I died tommorrow? How would my eulogy or epithet read?. I'm not afraid of anything anymore, dying early is probably one of the scariest things I could imagine but when I think about it I'm confident that I've accomplished the right things so far. I may not be financially where I want to be but I've made my best effort that I am capable of despite my shortcomings, I'm sure I've steered my children in the right direction so they can avoid making the mistakes I've made which is my most important goal in life at this moment. I've been slowly learning that I can also just go around the wall instead of trying futily to bash my way through it. Once I've acknowledged to myself that the wall can't be broken and I'm only hurting myself I find the way around.

I've been at that point for a while where I can't stand all of the negativity in my field of work anymore, but with my limited education I have nothing else I can do where I'll be even remotely as financially prosperous as I am now. When you have three children to feed it's easy to get stuck in something, and it seems like there's no way out without losing everything that you've spent decades working for. I have to do and have been doing a whole lot of soul-searching lately, it's almost like that guy was talking to me in that movie lol.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I'm sure you've heard from Randy Pausch, the university professor who held this very very inspiring and throughout positive "Last Lecture" named "Really achieving your childhood dreams" which can be found here and I recommend everyone to watch it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

He died, but has left a legacy worth to mention not only on this board. This is especially true in times where people spend far more time searching the web for pathetic conspiracy theory links to throw at each other rather than sitting on their assess studying and trying to make the best out of themselves and helping others to achieve their goals.

Hostyle wrote:

Thank god you never miss a chance to illustrate your outright negative attitude. But I tell you something - the board needs you as a dark background, sort of contrast colour for the better people here around.

I remember reading about this guy in the paper a while ago.

Sad to hear he's gone, although on the plus side it is good to hear he made it for a bit. Thanks, I'm not sure I woulda found that otherwise.

I've heard about him as well, and I opened my google homepage and saw this.

He has his own Google Memorium

Thank you, BNA for pointing that lecture out.

Randy Pausch, is a legend in his own right. It is truly a shame that he died.

Hostyle wrote:

Nice. Very classy.

Can't say I've ever knew about him, bit it's a shame to see a good mind get taken from the world like that.

I had never heard of the man before, I just watched the lecture movie link and I can see why he was worth listening to, he had a whole lot of good things to say. That is sad that a nice person like that has passed on seeing as how the world has such a shortage of good people like that in the first place, my heart also goes out to his wife and children.

CrimsonHead wrote:

... seeing as how the world has such a shortage of good people like that in the first place...

To be honest, I think there are many more good people outside than one might think. For many reasons (just look at the D3W resident negative people postings) they are not outspoken enough.

No matter what, I think it is always worth going after what you really want in life. I myself quit a job which was in the high six figures annual payment to avoid the constant negativity of the environment and create an equally competitive but certainly more satisfying work environment. Empowerment, support and motivation can do wonder. If everyone likes going to work it creates a miraculous environment in which they help me to achieve my goals while I help them to achieve their goals.

This is why I think Randy Pausch's last lecture was amazingly important. Especially for those who did not get born with a silver spoon in their mouth. Certainly not everything is possible, but much more than one thinks at first.

@BNA

I see a whole lot of fear driven thought processes and behaviors. After my first child was born one of the driving thoughts that helped turn me from the dark side was: What if I died tommorrow? How would my eulogy or epithet read?. I'm not afraid of anything anymore, dying early is probably one of the scariest things I could imagine but when I think about it I'm confident that I've accomplished the right things so far. I may not be financially where I want to be but I've made my best effort that I am capable of despite my shortcomings, I'm sure I've steered my children in the right direction so they can avoid making the mistakes I've made which is my most important goal in life at this moment. I've been slowly learning that I can also just go around the wall instead of trying futily to bash my way through it. Once I've acknowledged to myself that the wall can't be broken and I'm only hurting myself I find the way around.

I've been at that point for a while where I can't stand all of the negativity in my field of work anymore, but with my limited education I have nothing else I can do where I'll be even remotely as financially prosperous as I am now. When you have three children to feed it's easy to get stuck in something, and it seems like there's no way out without losing everything that you've spent decades working for. I have to do and have been doing a whole lot of soul-searching lately, it's almost like that guy was talking to me in that movie lol.